Shameless (US)

News

Film

Nicholas Hoult joins the new Mad Max movie
Mel Gibson and Shane Black to reunite on Cold Warrior?
Zac Efron to star in adaptation of graphic novel Fire
Warner Bros to buy Leavesden studios

British TV

Shameless gets 3.4m viewers
BBC3’s Lunch Monkeys gets a second series
S4C viewers get to name HD channel

US TV

More pilot pick-ups
J Lo to guest on HIMYM
Ron Howard’s IRS series gets a green light
Huge and Pretty Little Liars get 10 episodes each
ABC cancels Ugly Betty
The CW commissions a new version of La Femme Nikita and a family drama from the Gilmore Girls creators
Someone’s leaving NCIS: LA [spoilers]
David Fincher and Charlize Theron working on Mind Hunter for HBO
Robert Englund to guest on Bones
Conan sells another pilot to NBC

Monday’s another TV show killed by Jerry O’Connell news

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Awards

The results of the SAG Awards

Film

James Marsden to star with Russell Brand in I Hop
Naomi Watts joins Daniel Craig’s Dream House

British TV

David Abraham appointed chief exec of Channel 4
Zodiak to buy RDF? [subscription required]
CNBC to air free on Sky
Ofcom backs Freeview HD copy-protection plan
Joanna Page and Sir Donald Sinden starring in latest Marple

US TV

Joanna Garcia to star in ABC’s sisters comedy, plus casting on Shameless
NBC picks up two comedies, Fox adds a drama…
…another drama from the makers of Prison Break…
…and a comedy while ABC adds a drama
Bones beats CSI in the ratings, while Deep End starts off shallow
Rex is probably not your lawyer
Odessa Rae to play Silver Banshee on Smallville
NBC’s profits fell 30% in the last quarter
FX to pick up Kevin Falls’ Powers TV pilot?

Thursday’s Iron Man Hot Tub news

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Doctor Who

Pics of David Tennant and Jerry O’Connell in Rex is Not Your Lawyer

Film

Rene Russo to play Frigga in Thor
Bryan Singer to direct X-Men: First Class?
Steve Carell and Tina Fey to star in Mail-Order Groom?
Stieg Larsson’s Millennium novels to be adapted by Sony?
Trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine
Trailer for Iron Man 2

British TV

The most watched TV shows of 2009
Ofcom bans product placement in kids TV – even imports
Teletext gets switched off
Minnie Driver and James Nesbitt to star in The Deep
Channel 4 and Talk Talk join Project Canvas

US TV

Kelly Bishop joins Mercy
USA to make show based on The Freshman
Emmy Rossum, Allison Janney and Justin Chatwin to star in Shameless remake
Chuck Lorre’s Mike and Molly gets a pilot order
Final episodes of The Beautiful Life to air on YouTube
Lots of teaser spoilers for Chuck

Friday’s competing terrorists news

4 December 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Doctor Who

David Tennant and TARDIS in one of the Beeb’s Christmas idents
BBC America scheduling of the specials

Film

Johnny Depp to play Pancho Villa?
More details of Steven Spielberg’s Tintin
Spielberg pulls out of Harvey
Jeff Bridges talks Tron: Legacy
Chris Morris’s Four Lions shortlisted for competition at Sundance

British TV

Five to put programmes on YouTube
Big Top gets 3.3m
Channel 4 to show HBO’s animated version of Ricky Gervais’s podcast
Shameless gets an eighth series
InBetweeners‘ Simon Bird joins C4 comedy pilot Friday Night Dinner

US TV

Comcast buys 51% of NBC Universal
Jaime Pressly to guest on Rules of Engagement
FlashForward to return in March
More casting on Tough Trade
Entourage: the movie?
Joss Whedon on where Dollhouse went wrong

December at the BFI

28 October 2009 Rob Buckley 1 Comment

Time for our regular look at what TV’s on at the South Bank in London in December. One hell of a lot of tele this month thanks to the second part of the Radical Television Drama season that started last month and because it’s Christmas.

What will most be people interested in? I’m guessing the preview of David Tennant and Patrick Stewart’s Hamlet on the 14th. Notably, they don’t say who’s going to be at the Q&A, other than the director, but cross your fingers, hey?

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